Lithgow Ironfest 2018

gelandangan · Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 5:28 pm Post subject: Lithgow Ironfest 2018

Spend a fantastic weekend at the Ironfest in Lithgow NSW

Every year I visit I wear some strange costume and this year mine is some sort of ancient soldier armor.
The theme of the fest this year is "Wild West" hence the mismatch Akubra hat Very Happy

While in the fest, I sells knives with my friends the CreativeMan, but I do take some time to make me a "Dog head" or Cuttlers hammer with a 25 kg power hammer. Much easier then bashing it with hand hammer.
I also watch an awesome display of Katana quenching by my friend Jezz Foster - one of the very few katana sword maker in Australia.
Here is the link to video of the katana quenching youtu.be/5XI-ulHP-WA

Definitely very interesting to me to see how the steel bends due to its internal stresses when subjected to temperature differential.

Vince · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:50 am Post subject: Re: Lithgow Ironfest 2018

Looking good there Gelan. I would have loved to attend this show, but Lithgow is a bit far for me to travel.

Bushmaster · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:41 am Post subject: Re: Lithgow Ironfest 2018

Gun belt...No holster, no gun...Hummmm.

And yet you can carry a sword.

Lookin' good Gelandangan.

gelandangan · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: Lithgow Ironfest 2018

@Bushy
LOL there are a lot of guns .. some are even real (illegally carried)
My sword is made of aluminum with all the edges blunted.

@Vince maybe next year mate.
You can camp with us blacksmiths.
We drink until we drop. Very Happy

pete4d · Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Lithgow Ironfest 2018

gelandangan wrote:

@Bushy
LOL there are a lot of guns .. some are even real (illegally carried)
My sword is made of aluminum with all the edges blunted.

@Vince maybe next year mate.
You can camp with us blacksmiths.
We drink until we drop. Very Happy

gelandangan , I think you'd fit rite in with all us southern boys from "DIXIE" , of course I'm a purebred "COONASS"

Elvis · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 12:45 am Post subject: Re: Lithgow Ironfest 2018

sure are a dodgy looking bunch of characters.

gelandangan · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2018 8:58 pm Post subject: Re: Lithgow Ironfest 2018

A link to a time lapse video on the Blacksmithing section of the Ironfest 2018

youtu.be/YjGSaqv_DIw